Knox Halls is next up for Rhea County

EVENSVILLE — Rhea County survived the first round of the playoffs and now will face a supposedly stronger team in the second round.The Eagles are set to face the Knox Halls Red Devils. Halls fstarted off the season 0-4 after playing some of the top teams in Knoxville, but have won six out of the last seven games.Their losses include Oak Ridge in OT in Week 1. Gibbs is strong in 4A, Concord Christian is one of the better teams in Division II-A, and they lost region games to Powell and Knox Central, who both could be Class 5A title contenders.For that reason, they are only 6-5, but Rhea Coach Taylor Harvey said not to read too much into Hall’s record. They defeated David Crockett 32-30 in the first round of the playoffs.“People worry about records too much,” Harvey said. “At this point, there are 16 teams left in 5A and they had the same struggles early in the season last year and ended up in the Semifinals. Teams get hot at the right times, and everyone matches up differently.

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